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Bill: Gematigd Manifest Deel Drie - Welfare Legislation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gematigd Front van Vanuku
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: July 2823
Description[?]:
| Central Manifesto Part Three - Welfare Legislation --------------------------- Child Welfare Benefits (CWB): For the sake of CWB laws, a 'low-income family' is any family whose total earnings are no greater than $29,999VAN per fiscal year. For the sake of CWB laws, a 'large family' is any which contains 5 or more children to the same birth parents. Benefits offered are - (1) Birth Bonus: a $2,000 payment to be made to the parents following the birth of their fifth, and any further, child; (2) Yearly Assistance: an annual payment of $1,200 to every low-income family with 3 or more children. Minimum Income Payments (MIP): Any citizen earning less than $30,000VAN per year shall be eligible for the 30/30 MIP, whereby they shall receive a payment equalling 30% of the difference between their annual salary and the $30,000VAN mark. For example, if Citizen A earns $24,000 per year, the difference is $6,000. Therefore Citizen A will be eligible for a payment equallying 30% of $6,000. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding child benefit.
Old value:: The state does not provide child benefit.
Current: The state guarantees child benefit to all families.
Proposed: The state guarantees child benefit to both low-income families and large families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All veterans shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government. However, the provision of this is not to exceed a certain period of time.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:19:28, September 26, 2009 CET | From | Partij van de Toekomst | To | Debating the Gematigd Manifest Deel Drie - Welfare Legislation |
| Message | The people of Vanuku have survived successfully without any unnecessary subsidies or payments from the government. There is no need to damage the economy by re-starting the hideous trend of government-nannying. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 200 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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